Los Angeles Angels at Washington Nationals: Final Score & Recap

The Washington Nationals defeated the Los Angeles Angels 6-5 at Nationals Park on September 13, 2026, in a game that stayed close through seven innings before an eight-run combined eighth inning decided the outcome. The DiamondIQ model entered the game favoring Washington with a 63% home win probability, and that figure climbed to 100% by the final out.

The Angels briefly threatened to seize momentum in the top of the eighth when Moisés Ballesteros delivered a sacrifice fly off Erik Tolman, a swing that added 22.0% to Los Angeles's win probability and represented the single biggest play of the Angels' night. Ballesteros finished as the game's top batter by WPA at plus-37.6% with a RE24 of plus-2.1, reflecting his outsized role in both directions throughout the contest. Zach Neto had kept the Angels alive in the fifth with a home run off Jake Irvin worth plus-12.2% in win probability. However, Washington answered emphatically in the bottom of the eighth. Daylen Lile's triple off Luke Murphy swung the win probability by plus-28.9%, and Jacob Young followed with a double worth plus-20.8%, also against Murphy. Jorbit Vivas added a single at plus-12.0% to cap a four-run inning that put the Nationals ahead for good. Lile finished with plus-24.3% WPA and Yohandy Morales contributed plus-16.5% on the night.

On the mound, Grayson Rodriguez was the model's top-rated pitcher of the game at plus-14.7% WPA, and Jack Sinclair added plus-6.3% out of the bullpen. The final line told a stark story: Washington out-hit Los Angeles 13-to-4, while the Angels posted zero errors against the Nationals' one. Washington's four-run eighth proved the decisive sequence, turning what had been a tight, low-scoring game into a Nationals victory.